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James C. Allen
active 1821-1831
Harborough Sands / drawn by J.M.W. Turner ; engraved by J.C. Allen.
[London? : s.n., ca. 1830.
engraving
image: approx.: 124 x 95 mm; plate mark: 170 x 128 mm; sheet: 166 x 125 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.669:8
Notes
India paper proof for an engraved vignette by J.C. Allen after J.M.W. Turner, entitled "Harborough Sands"; possibly an unpublished vignette for Turner's "Picturesque views in England and Wales", or an illustration for the unpublished "Holloway's Continuation of England and Wales". Cf. Rawlinson.
Print mounted on backing sheet 352 x 311 mm
The final print in a set of 8 progressive proofs on india paper for Turner's vignette, some of them touched by the artist.
The finished state with final lettering.
Print mounted on backing sheet 352 x 311 mm
The final print in a set of 8 progressive proofs on india paper for Turner's vignette, some of them touched by the artist.
The finished state with final lettering.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at lower left of mat: Finished proof. Final lettering put on; numbered "9" (i.e. 8, with number 7 missing from the original set) at lower right hand corners of the mat opening; on verso of mounting sheet: Harboro' Sands; print blind stamped with Turner's studio monogram stamp below the image, centered between the name of the artist and engraver.
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Sir Frank Short; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a flat, sandy shore, with many figures of fishermen and women in foreground and a headland across a bay to left, with a tower or a lighthouse on a point. Fishing-boats are shown ashore on right and the setting sun is reflected across the water.
Associated names
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775-1851, after.
Short, Frank, Sir, 1857-1945, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Short, Frank, Sir, 1857-1945, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 16-17 (misidentified as "Lowestoffe Lighthouse").<br>Rawlinson, W.G. The engraved work of J.M.W. Turner. London : Macmillan, 1908-1913, p. 171, no. 306 (finished state).
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Century prints
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